LAHORE (Voice of Russia): Pakistan, thanks to young all-rounder Arafat Minhas’s aggressive half-century and experienced opener Fakhar Zaman’s century, easily defeated Sri Lanka by 3 wickets in the tri-series final to claim the series.<\/p>\n
In the final played at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore, Pakistan won the toss and invited Sri Lanka to bat first, after which the visiting team scored 325 runs for 8 wickets in the allotted 50 overs.<\/p>\n
For Sri Lanka, Kamindu Mendis scored 131 runs in his first ODI century, with the help of which the team scored 325 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the allotted 50 overs.<\/p>\n
Pawan Rathnayake with 77 and Avishka Fernando with 38 runs were the other prominent batsmen.<\/p>\n
For Pakistan, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Salman Ali Agha took 2 wickets each.<\/p>\n
The national team, thanks to Fakhar Zaman’s brilliant century, foiled the Sri Lankan bowlers’ plans and maintained its grip on the match despite losing important wickets in the early overs.<\/p>\n
Young opener Maaz Sadaqat was dismissed for 5 and Babar Azam for zero, leaving the team under pressure, however, Fakhar Zaman held one end and carried the innings forward with young wicketkeeper-batter Saad Baig.<\/p>\n
A fine partnership of 161 runs was established between Saad Baig and Fakhar Zaman. Saad Baig was dismissed after scoring 74 runs off 75 balls, including 11 fours in his innings.<\/p>\n
Fakhar Zaman completed the 12th century of his career and was dismissed after scoring 127 runs off 99 balls, while Salman Agha could score only 17 runs.<\/p>\n
Hassan Nawaz showed responsible batting and, together with Arafat Minhas, played an important role in leading the team to victory. Arafat scored 61 runs off just 31 balls with the help of 3 fours and 4 sixes before being dismissed.<\/p>\n
Hassan Nawaz remained not out on 37 runs, while captain Shaheen Shah Afridi hit a six to take the team to victory.<\/p>\n
Pakistan claimed the tri-series by scoring 331 runs for 7 wickets on the third ball of the 49th over.<\/p>\n
Fakhar Zaman was named player of the match for his brilliant century, and Arafat Minhas was named player of the series.<\/p>\n
It may be recalled that the Pakistan team lost only one of its 4 group matches in the event, to Sri Lanka, while Sri Lanka also won three matches, and lost its last group match to England.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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